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we are based in washington d.c. and i think you just add the web page up? >> host: we did. we have our own web page which we have more information about consumer access and a particular link to this issue of changing service from six down at five days of people have questions or comments or information to share with us we would really like to have it your to make the most aggressive effort we have had to date to get their imports station but on this very important change we went with all the information we can get as to get the information how to proceed. >> host: how is the commission funded? >> guest: we get its funding which is minuscule from the postal service. we get some of our operating funds through the postal service but they're actually voted on by congress though they could change that financial system if it wanted to do. >> host: connecticut. >> guest: we have 70 employees and a budget of $14 billion and i think we work really hard to make every one of those dollars worthwhile to the american public. >> host: connecticut is next as a talk about the future of the
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next week he hosts a nuclear security summit here in washington. that's expected to be attended leaders of over 40 nations. a panel now previews these events at a forum hosted for the center of strategic and international studies. it's an hour. >> i'm andrew schwartz. i'm vice president for external relations here at csi. i'm joined by my colleagues whom i'll introduce in a minute. this briefing will be available later on facebook today. it's also available video and audio and transcript on csis.org. and with that we'll get started. also for you itunes users, this will be on the beyond the campus section on itunes university. my colleagues andrew kuchins, sharon squassoni and janusz bugajski are some of the top experts in the world with this region. and they've got a lot to say about various things that are associated with this visit. in addition, you'll find before you an example of our critical questions. and this is -- i'll like to introduce my colleague, dr. andrew kuchins. >> it's a great pleasure to be here. and thanks for joining us this mor
next week he hosts a nuclear security summit here in washington. that's expected to be attended leaders of over 40 nations. a panel now previews these events at a forum hosted for the center of strategic and international studies. it's an hour. >> i'm andrew schwartz. i'm vice president for external relations here at csi. i'm joined by my colleagues whom i'll introduce in a minute. this briefing will be available later on facebook today. it's also available video and audio and transcript...
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. >> i know what the challenges, but we need is policymakers in washington developing the road map so that we can get it done. >> something about energy policy that you would like to talk about on your blog? you can search it, watch it, put it, and share it. from yester day or 10 years ago, every singles -- every c-span program since 1987. cable's latest gift. >> now what discussion on relationship between the u.s. and russia. there is a been a recently announced nuclear weapons treaty between the two countries. from the carnegie endowment for peace, this is about one hour and 25 minutes. >> central to the reset, is the strategic arms relationship and nuclear proliferation and other nuclear issues. so i think it is particularly fitting this morning at carnegie to have one of the leading experts on their own staff and also on the staff in moscow talked to us this morning about what has happened over the last several years to the nuclear relationship and the situation of nuclear weapons with russia. it is my pleasure this morning to introduce the director and vice president for studies,
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another foot of snow it would be just like washington. and again, i've been a longtime friend and admirer of warren and he was a pillar and source of strength for me during the credit crisis. warden was referring to something in the book i was not a model of maturity when i was a senior at dartmouth college and by first data with wendy we were at the boston box and she wasn't impressed when i made my beeper plan. >> did you hit them? >> nope, but she gave me another chance. >> didn't she go home early that night? >> yeah, she went home early that night. >> fortunately he got a second chance. tell us a little bit about -- hank says in the book i'm a tough guy. i forget at what point he said that but he was a rustler in high school and was a tackle and everything but win the president asked him to become secretary of treasury and hank's initial reaction was how to do it but he decided to do it but he had one big worry and i think the crop might be interested in knowing what makes a grown man trembled. [laughter] >> warren is talking about m
another foot of snow it would be just like washington. and again, i've been a longtime friend and admirer of warren and he was a pillar and source of strength for me during the credit crisis. warden was referring to something in the book i was not a model of maturity when i was a senior at dartmouth college and by first data with wendy we were at the boston box and she wasn't impressed when i made my beeper plan. >> did you hit them? >> nope, but she gave me another chance. >>...
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holocaust memorial museum here in washington is the host of this two-hour talk. >> good afternoon and welcome to today's program, "jewish responses to persecution, volume i, 1933-1938". which is organized by the museum center for advanced holocaust studies. my name is robert and i director of university programs here at the center. to learn more about the activities including the centers, please take advantage of the mature is available in books for sale outside the theater. in 2003 the center and doctorate its jewish study initiative. this effort aims to finally change the way in which the holocaust is dented, todd and ultimately understood that by focusing attention on the survival and study of jewish source materials, and activities during the nokia, as well as remarkable efforts to rebuild the jewish world after the war, this addition of attempts with the study of jewish life. during and immediately following the period of the assault. this afternoon we will seek the fruits of the labor. the first point of the series, "jewish responses to persecution, volume i, 1933-1938". the fir
holocaust memorial museum here in washington is the host of this two-hour talk. >> good afternoon and welcome to today's program, "jewish responses to persecution, volume i, 1933-1938". which is organized by the museum center for advanced holocaust studies. my name is robert and i director of university programs here at the center. to learn more about the activities including the centers, please take advantage of the mature is available in books for sale outside the theater. in...
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christians around the world's celebrated easter today, from vatican city to moscow to right here to washington, d.c., with the sex-abuse scandal not too far away. st. peter's square in rome on monday. a noticeable brea from church ritual. an address, directly to pe benedict, defending the holy father. the dean of the college of cardinals told the pope they would not let themselves be influenced by the moment. the faithful and cheered, even as new revelations emerged about the abuse in the past. in moscow, there was tightened security at the largest orthodox church and theake of two terrorist bombings on the moscow subway. president obama and his family attended services at a historically black church, the allen chapel ame church, where they talked about patriotism and love of country. let these men and women at the fort operating baselining in afghanistan, taking in a sunrise service. back home, in u.s. tradition, at the stadium, where pastor rick warren preached to thousands. >> we live on a broken planet. nothing works correctly on this planet. nothing works perfectly. >> but even on a troub
christians around the world's celebrated easter today, from vatican city to moscow to right here to washington, d.c., with the sex-abuse scandal not too far away. st. peter's square in rome on monday. a noticeable brea from church ritual. an address, directly to pe benedict, defending the holy father. the dean of the college of cardinals told the pope they would not let themselves be influenced by the moment. the faithful and cheered, even as new revelations emerged about the abuse in the past....
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i will say this though, in the end, i say that by the time i finished in washington, my mother had a different opinion of george w. bush. but, it is not a good way to start off in wendy was not much happier with me. 's be one of the most interesting things i found in the book and i had not heard a word about this before, was your account of how some top russian officials had gone to some top chinese officials with the suggestion essentially that they start dumping their bombs up probably freddie and fannie at that time. that almost sounds like a bear raid. i thought that was the sort of thing that just the evil guys on wall street did you tell me about that. >> it never happened, but we are very, very concerned about stabilizing fannie and freddie because as warren said, there were 5.4 jillion dollars of securities that were either insured or issued direct we buy these institutions. they were highly leveraged institutions, and the securities were held i think about 1.7 trillion.ñr the biggest portion was inside the u.s., and we had gone-- i have been trying to get reform legislation
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that will also discuss the summit here in washington. this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and is about 55 minutes. >> this will be on the itunes university. my colleagues are some of the top experts in the world in this region. they have got a lot to say about various things that are associated with this visit. in addition, you will find before you an example of our critical questions. this is on the nuclear security summit and also will be at our web site. i like to introduce our colleague who directs our russia program. >> a great pleasure to be here and thank you for joining us here for our briefing. i promise i will not talk about my personal over/under on tiger woods this week. the start i replacement treaty that will be signed on prague this thursday, i want to beware of overselling the importance of this agreement. but is really significant for the u.s.-russian relationship, and also president obama is an ambitious goal for nuclear security and further reductions in nuclear weapons. i do not want t
that will also discuss the summit here in washington. this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and is about 55 minutes. >> this will be on the itunes university. my colleagues are some of the top experts in the world in this region. they have got a lot to say about various things that are associated with this visit. in addition, you will find before you an example of our critical questions. this is on the nuclear security summit and also will be at our web...
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thank you for watching "washington journal." that's all for today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> we've got this conference coming up monday and tuesday in washington, heads of state from across the world. wondering if a couple of things that happened during the past week, the israeli prime minister deciding not to show up, sending his deputy, and also iran showing off its latest technology and seeming to thumb its nose to this whole effort. i'm wondering if that's, in your mind, casts a pal on this conference or does it focus people on the need to do something. >> well, i think that the main focus of the conference is going to be on matters usually not handled on the head of state level, and that is good house keeping, which is very important when it comes to nuclear materials. but i think what will come out of the conference is a accelerated plan to make sure that all of the, especially the medical nuclear materials around the world, which are small in quantity
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i was the moscow bureau chief for the "washington post." i was able to explore, to roam, to ask questions. and i also asked myself, how did it gets this way? this began a long research effort to roll back the clock. and to understand how the fissile material, the pathogens, the chemicals got so widely spread. and in the process of that research, i got very lucky one day. i discovered the papers from the kremlin. he was a professional staff member in the central committee. he passed away in 2001. but i was doing my research i found out he left behind a large amount of documents from the time that he served on the central committee as a staff member. he was in the defense department, which was responsible for the entire military industrial complex. and he was one of those fellows who lived by the power of his pencil. and his pen. he filled dozens of large notebooks with notes every day of technical details, things that had happened in the kremlin. arms control. weapon decisions. and what's so fascinating about this archive which will be avail
i was the moscow bureau chief for the "washington post." i was able to explore, to roam, to ask questions. and i also asked myself, how did it gets this way? this began a long research effort to roll back the clock. and to understand how the fissile material, the pathogens, the chemicals got so widely spread. and in the process of that research, i got very lucky one day. i discovered the papers from the kremlin. he was a professional staff member in the central committee. he passed...
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in some ways iraq has skewed the way washington analyzes who is up and who is down. it looks much different underground and where the interest lies. i suppose you can argue and it is interesting fact the two big she of course, is in the region in the most successful so far are the standard bearers of some sort of arab nationalism the crop border never mind the borders and these are all historical forces and things that have to happen mysia population by sheer number must be taken into account the same way that i argue that the powerhouse to have power-sharing because they don't live on an island but the truth is that i think it would be a wise move for the government in iraq to ask the saudis exactly how or you treating your shi'ites' if you care so much about how we treat our sudanese and that is where the majority population are shi'ites how are you treating yours? those are questions that have to be answered and they are so acute lead on the table that it it would be a stabilizing move to do that whether that happens are not i am not sure. >> host: you raise a goo
in some ways iraq has skewed the way washington analyzes who is up and who is down. it looks much different underground and where the interest lies. i suppose you can argue and it is interesting fact the two big she of course, is in the region in the most successful so far are the standard bearers of some sort of arab nationalism the crop border never mind the borders and these are all historical forces and things that have to happen mysia population by sheer number must be taken into account...
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this is about 30 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> in afternoon and welcome to the washington institute for near east policy. my name is simon, i'm the picture of fellow and director of the gulf of program here. it also forced me today to chair this session, one of the caris occasions year when a also a speaker so i hope i will get the bounce right. if i have to disagree with one on either side of myself. [laughter] with me today to address this very important topic of too little too late nuclear security in the middle east, gregory schulte and george perk of it, gregory schulte is currently the senior visiting fellow at the national defense university center for the study of weapons of mass destruction. there's no way to get that on one on. [laughter] from 2005 to 2009 he served as the u.s. permanent representative at the international atomic energy agency in vienna. george who i have the honor of listening to this morning as he was doing in a gig at his home carnegie endowment is the vice president for sundays and director of the nuclear policy program at the carnegie endowm
this is about 30 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> in afternoon and welcome to the washington institute for near east policy. my name is simon, i'm the picture of fellow and director of the gulf of program here. it also forced me today to chair this session, one of the caris occasions year when a also a speaker so i hope i will get the bounce right. if i have to disagree with one on either side of myself. [laughter] with me today to address this very important topic of too...
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they also discussed next week's nuclear security summit here in washington. this was posted at the csis and it is about 55 minutes. >> you'll find an example of our critical questions. this is sharon squassoni's critical questions on the nuclear security summit. this will also be a website. i would like to introduce my colleagues -- dr. alex questions -- dr. andrew kuchins. >> it is a great pleasure to be here. thank you for joining us for our briefing. i will not talk about my personal over-under on tiger woods performance at the masters. the s.t.a.r.t. replacement treaty signed in prague on thursday -- beware of overselling the importance of this agreement, but it is really significant for the u.s.-russia relationship and also president obama's ambitious goals for nuclear security and further reductions in nuclear weapons. all long journey begins with the first step. -- a long journey begins with the first that. it is extremely important that this agreement be reached before the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in may and the nuclear summit coming up in was
they also discussed next week's nuclear security summit here in washington. this was posted at the csis and it is about 55 minutes. >> you'll find an example of our critical questions. this is sharon squassoni's critical questions on the nuclear security summit. this will also be a website. i would like to introduce my colleagues -- dr. alex questions -- dr. andrew kuchins. >> it is a great pleasure to be here. thank you for joining us for our briefing. i will not talk about my...
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you were asked to testify in washington for ratification, not on the basis of what the obama administration will argue but in terms of what would you would argue is in the interest of the united states, skeptical democrats and republicans, what would you say to that senate committee? >> i think russia has to be more constructive on the subject of joint ballistic missile defense. "until now, -- up until now, russia has made some agreements but there is a widespread impression that this group assessment of threats and whatever is done in joint ballistic missiles has, for russia, lever to put the brakes on an american program. i think it is time to come out with new proposals. maybe you think what vladimir putin proposed on on the joint data center on mitchell -- missile launchers but also move forward whe. vladimir putin and president medvedev proposed that we have to have joint missile defense with the united sates and the european union. how about the russian people living in asia. ? are they entitled to protection or not? many people are going away from that but still, if we are to have ba
you were asked to testify in washington for ratification, not on the basis of what the obama administration will argue but in terms of what would you would argue is in the interest of the united states, skeptical democrats and republicans, what would you say to that senate committee? >> i think russia has to be more constructive on the subject of joint ballistic missile defense. "until now, -- up until now, russia has made some agreements but there is a widespread impression that...
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why do you think that there is difficulty in washington with the republicans supposedly at least a segment of them advocated free markets? is it because they are beholden to the larger interest and are not representing that? how do you go about dealing with the fact considering we want to bring together the two sides and this might be possible if it were not for the politicians. >> i take the second question first. why if there is so much support in principal from left and right and center why does it not have more traction? and i think we will get there. right now it is the power of the lobby that it's tremendously strong. i think we've had this before teddy roosevelt faced lobbies the were just as strong, different form but nelson aldrich for example who was the dominant force in the senate on these issues in the first decade of 20th century his daughter married john d. rockefeller's son the republican party which was teddy roosevelt's party was very tight with business and i would stress one reason we wrote the book and one reason i give these talks is that the business sector -- it's n
why do you think that there is difficulty in washington with the republicans supposedly at least a segment of them advocated free markets? is it because they are beholden to the larger interest and are not representing that? how do you go about dealing with the fact considering we want to bring together the two sides and this might be possible if it were not for the politicians. >> i take the second question first. why if there is so much support in principal from left and right and...
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. >>> well, leaders from arnold the world are in washington for talks of nuclear security. t.j. winick joins from us washington with a preview. good morning, t.j. >> yeahmy, good morning to you. president obama has already been hard on work on this issue even before the conference begins. just yesterday he met with leaders from such countries as india and pakistan. >> reporter: leaders from around the world are converging on washington on what many feel is the most urgent security issue in the world, how to prevent a devastating nuclear attack. >> the single biggest threat to u.s. security, both short-term, and long-term, would be the ponlt of a terrorist obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: on sunday, secretary of state hillary clinton talked about how the threat for nuclear weapons has changed over the years. >> the threat of nuclear war, nuclear tact as we zbru up in the cold war has diminished. the threat of nuclear terrorism has increaseded. >> reporter: president obama hopes to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials within four years, though intelligence experts belie
. >>> well, leaders from arnold the world are in washington for talks of nuclear security. t.j. winick joins from us washington with a preview. good morning, t.j. >> yeahmy, good morning to you. president obama has already been hard on work on this issue even before the conference begins. just yesterday he met with leaders from such countries as india and pakistan. >> reporter: leaders from around the world are converging on washington on what many feel is the most urgent...
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i expect that we will have some meetings in washington. they are literally still in the air, coming. >> annual turn them around? >> this is a fair question. we will have meetings with them. we are going to have an extensive, bilateral consultation and i do not have any information. this is involving the assistant secretary. i think that we will use this opportunity to consult with them on a lot of other situations. >> this is the son of the president. >> his question is, he has left the castle. this sounds like chaos. how can you be sure they are in control? >> not withstanding intrusion into i-- this area. i am in touch with the government. we have worked with them and we see that the government has fallen. >> the u.s. is not supporting the opposition. they have taken this into their own hands. the government. as we have outlined in various reports, we have intimidation by the government, we want to see them of all, just as the other countries in the other regions. we are working closely with this government, and we are allies with this g
i expect that we will have some meetings in washington. they are literally still in the air, coming. >> annual turn them around? >> this is a fair question. we will have meetings with them. we are going to have an extensive, bilateral consultation and i do not have any information. this is involving the assistant secretary. i think that we will use this opportunity to consult with them on a lot of other situations. >> this is the son of the president. >> his question is,...
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president karzai is expected in washington next month and everyone will be looking for signs that the rift will be deepening. >> i spoke to the secretary of state. what are countries like yours and hours over here doing risking the lives of young people for a man who claims that we read the election? >> the u.s., nato, britain, they are in afghanistan because it is in our national interests. we have vital interests in making sure that there are not future risks that emanate out of afghanistan as we have experienced on 9/11. that is why we aren't there. we're not there to prop up any particular government. we will work with president karzai and his government. at the same time, we will work to establish an effective governance. all ultimately, the key here is the relationship between the afghan government and its own people. they will all benefit after the bond is strengthened. >> the fact is that we have saved this man's life. he turns around and says we have fixed the elections. >> he is the leader of the afghan government. we are trying to grow the capacity of that government to be
president karzai is expected in washington next month and everyone will be looking for signs that the rift will be deepening. >> i spoke to the secretary of state. what are countries like yours and hours over here doing risking the lives of young people for a man who claims that we read the election? >> the u.s., nato, britain, they are in afghanistan because it is in our national interests. we have vital interests in making sure that there are not future risks that emanate out of...
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if it is true that he is going to be at the nuclear summit in washington next week -- sorry? [inaudible] >> that was in reference to the separate meeting. which is still on asset today. that is what robert gibbs said today. one of the core problems we face in afghanistan is the competitive instincts of pakistan and india so i would have to think that both of the leaders here next week is a point of discussion. with the upcoming planned offensive, the ambassador was recently here and his comment was this is one part military was this is one part military and five parts political -- the one part, military, the afghans would except as political? that is a big question. >> welcome to the bipartisan center for international studies. >> i am from the christian science monitor. i would like to go back to the reset with russia subjects. could you talk a little bit about whether you see any relationship developing between obama and president of the dove -- but that if -- medvedev. where do you see the politics going? >> well, i do not think there is any question that president obama f
if it is true that he is going to be at the nuclear summit in washington next week -- sorry? [inaudible] >> that was in reference to the separate meeting. which is still on asset today. that is what robert gibbs said today. one of the core problems we face in afghanistan is the competitive instincts of pakistan and india so i would have to think that both of the leaders here next week is a point of discussion. with the upcoming planned offensive, the ambassador was recently here and his...
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. >> you can see "washington journal" every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. president obama is traveling to prague later this week. he will host a nuclear summit and it will be affected by leaders of over 40 nations. this panel will preview these events. this is live here on c-span. >> this briefing will be available later on facebook per it is also available, video and audio csis.org. for those who use itunes, this will be on the beyond campus section itunes university. my colleagues, andrew kuchins, janusz bugajski, and sharon squassoni some of the top experts in the world and they have a lot to say about things that are associated with this visit. you will find an example of our critical questions. this is sharon squassoni's critical questions on the nuclear summit. this also be at csis.com. >> thank you. it is a great pleasure to be here. thank you for joining us. i promise i will not talk about my personal over-under and tiger woods at the masters, it up this week. the replacement treaty which will be signed on thursday, but i want to be aware of oversel
. >> you can see "washington journal" every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. president obama is traveling to prague later this week. he will host a nuclear summit and it will be affected by leaders of over 40 nations. this panel will preview these events. this is live here on c-span. >> this briefing will be available later on facebook per it is also available, video and audio csis.org. for those who use itunes, this will be on the beyond campus section itunes university. my...
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that will move a little closer to the washington area. if you want rain this week, if you want to time the rain, i think best chance will be late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night and then we'll start to quiet down towards the middle and end of the week. we should be very pleasant this week. we are not expecting any extremes as far as heat, not going to be too cold. it will be just right. tonight, we'll go way cool one overnight, partly cloudy. 45degrees. we claude up tomorrow. there are your showers. best chance will be tomorrow night into the first part of wednesday. and then you can see our temperatures rebound back into the 70s by thursday and friday. so all in all, not a bad- looking week at all. that is it for the weather. let's get to on-time traffic and that means julie wright. you must be excited about the capitals. you going to the game? >> trying. probably saturday night. it is hard to go on a school night. >> i understand. i expect you there though. they need your speert. >> you just want to see a picture of me with slap
that will move a little closer to the washington area. if you want rain this week, if you want to time the rain, i think best chance will be late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night and then we'll start to quiet down towards the middle and end of the week. we should be very pleasant this week. we are not expecting any extremes as far as heat, not going to be too cold. it will be just right. tonight, we'll go way cool one overnight, partly cloudy. 45degrees. we claude up tomorrow. there are...
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is there a conference on hydrodynamics in the washington, d.c. area this week? what the hell is magnet hydrodynamics do i hear you ask? well, it's complicated but it could relate to centrifuges which enrich uranium. back in 1974, there was such a conference here. and it was attended by one dr. a. q. khan representing not pakistan but the netherlands. who noticed? probably nobody who should have noticed. it's not clear anybody should have noticed at that time at least anyway. but it illustrates the extent of the challenge between allowing the normal academic discourse that we pride ourselves on and what can be done with the knowledge acquired. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i now switch hats and chair the event. and we open up for a q & a session. but i will do that normal cheeky thing which is to use my temporary position of power to ask the first question. -- questions. ambassador, was there ever a time -- was it ever possible to have stopped iran? i know it would just be agreeing. but if you could look back and decide that you were going to be an extraord
is there a conference on hydrodynamics in the washington, d.c. area this week? what the hell is magnet hydrodynamics do i hear you ask? well, it's complicated but it could relate to centrifuges which enrich uranium. back in 1974, there was such a conference here. and it was attended by one dr. a. q. khan representing not pakistan but the netherlands. who noticed? probably nobody who should have noticed. it's not clear anybody should have noticed at that time at least anyway. but it illustrates...
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washington wins. >>> the orioles tried to get back to the win column against the blue jays. molina says it up the middle. here comes across the onto the plate. safe at the plate. the blue jays lose. -- orioles lose. >>> d.c. united, moreno steps and, kicks the ball. he scores. we are tied. sebastian teases out for the public. that is going into the back of the net. >>> the capitals have closed out an extremely successful regular season tomorrow afternoon against the boston bruins. they will not find out who they play in the first round until tomorrow. the flyers and readers are both ying for the final playoff spot and they play each other, the winner gets the caps -- the flyers and rangers are both vying for the final playoff spot. thank you, pothole tarmac. thank you, saltwater spray-tunnel and shaker machine. thank you to all the 5,000 tests that helped make the nissan altima better for everyone who drives it. the nissan altima. made to make your life better. and highest ranked in initial quality by j.d. power and associates. now lease a new altima for $199 a month for 39
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karzai is going to be at the nuclear summit in washington next week -- [inaudible] >> sorry? [inaudible] >> that was the reference to the may 12th separate meeting. okay. >> this is still on as of today. that's what robert gibbs said this morning at the gaggle. >> well, obviously one of the core problems we face in afghanistan is the competitive instincts of pakistan and india. and so i would have to think that with both of the leaders here next week, that that may be a point of discussion hopefully. with the upcoming -- the planned offensive in kandahar, you know, ambassador eikenberry was here recently. and his comment was, you know, this is one part political -- excuse me, one part military, five parts political. the one part military, the afghan leadership is likely to support. the five parts political, big, big question mark. >> welcome to the bipartisan nonideologically driven center for strategic for international studies. right over here. >> francine kiefer from the "christian science monitor." i would like to go back with the reset of russia subject. could you talk a
karzai is going to be at the nuclear summit in washington next week -- [inaudible] >> sorry? [inaudible] >> that was the reference to the may 12th separate meeting. okay. >> this is still on as of today. that's what robert gibbs said this morning at the gaggle. >> well, obviously one of the core problems we face in afghanistan is the competitive instincts of pakistan and india. and so i would have to think that with both of the leaders here next week, that that may be a...
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some from as far away as washington state. there were only several dozen counterprotesters, pro-obama demonstrators. lots of insults traded. some cursing went on. but as far as we can tell, no reports of arrests and no reports of violence from the police. bret? >> bret: carl cameron live at the national mall. thanks. fascinating numbers out of the florida senate race tonight. former state speaker house speaker marco rubio has opened up a 23-point lead over governor charlie crist in the republican primary. new quinnipiac university poll shows if krist ran as an independent he'd beat rubio and congressman meek. so far, charlie crist publicly discouraged talk he might take that optiooption. >>> this is a fox news alert. the justice department says tonight it is reviewing a federal judge's ruling that the national day of prayer is unconstitutional. district court judge barbara crab agreed today with the argument by the freedom from religion foundation, wisconsin-based group of atheists and agnostics. the organization claims the da
some from as far away as washington state. there were only several dozen counterprotesters, pro-obama demonstrators. lots of insults traded. some cursing went on. but as far as we can tell, no reports of arrests and no reports of violence from the police. bret? >> bret: carl cameron live at the national mall. thanks. fascinating numbers out of the florida senate race tonight. former state speaker house speaker marco rubio has opened up a 23-point lead over governor charlie crist in the...
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karzai will be at the nuclear summit in washington next week -- >> [inaudible] >> i'm sorry? >> [inaudible] >> that was reference to the may 12 separate meeting. which is still on as of today. obviously, one of the core problems that we face in afghanistan is the competitive instincts of pakistan and india. i would have to think that with both of the leaders here next week that it may be a point of discussion, hopefully. with the upcoming plan the offensive in kendrkandahar, you know, ambassador eikenberry was here recently and he said it was going to be one part of military and five parts political. the one part military, the afghan leadership is likely to ksupport. the five parts political, a big portion. Ñ-- a big question. >> and from the christian science monitor. i would like to go back to the reset with russia subject. could you talk a bit about the political aspect of it and where you see any relationship developing between obama and medvedev, whether that could cause a split between medvedev and putin in terms of the direction and -- of the countries? where you see
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you hear this often in the washington -- washington is an amazing city. there are certain taboo subjects. there are others which are so popular. this is one of the frequent questions, how and palestinians, but they are divided? it forces one to think, are they so exceptional? even europe is divided on so many crucial issues. the u.s. itself is divided. we have to be careful not to take a patronizing tone. they are people who have a constellation of different views. the egyptian government must be praised for wasting and sparing no effort to try to bring the two sides together. eventually they may well succeed. but is it so exceptional that we must place of high -- the issues requiring urgent treatment? when you look at the plant one can remark that if you took a treaty negotiated, international treaty negotiated in the immediate aftermath of the second world war and try to negotiate exactly those same terms today, you could not. you could not take the universal declaration of human rights and negotiate its terms today. you could not take the refugee conve
you hear this often in the washington -- washington is an amazing city. there are certain taboo subjects. there are others which are so popular. this is one of the frequent questions, how and palestinians, but they are divided? it forces one to think, are they so exceptional? even europe is divided on so many crucial issues. the u.s. itself is divided. we have to be careful not to take a patronizing tone. they are people who have a constellation of different views. the egyptian government must...
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and make garland, a federal appeals court judge in washington, d.c. who is considered more moderate on criminal issues. the president hopes his choice to be a lasting legacy, just like john paul stevens. but one thing his choice won't have that justice stevens had is a quick confirmation. justice stevens was confirmed a mere 19 days after he was nominated and the vote was 98-0. katie? >> couric: jan, the president's choice, if he or she is confirmed, is unlikely to change the makeup of the court as you mentioned. having said that, is there a front-runner right now? >> well, katie, if the white house doesn't want a fight-- and my sources say they really don't-- merit garland would probably be the easiest to confirm. he's considered a moderate on some issues. but there are a lot of voices for a woman. remember, only two of those nine justices are women. and that would point to solicitor general elena kagan. katie? >> couric: january crawford at the supreme court tonight. jan, thanks so much. bob schieffer is our chief washington correspondent and anchor
and make garland, a federal appeals court judge in washington, d.c. who is considered more moderate on criminal issues. the president hopes his choice to be a lasting legacy, just like john paul stevens. but one thing his choice won't have that justice stevens had is a quick confirmation. justice stevens was confirmed a mere 19 days after he was nominated and the vote was 98-0. katie? >> couric: jan, the president's choice, if he or she is confirmed, is unlikely to change the makeup of...
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interesting to see how the white house six is the term to the public during next week's summit here in washington d.c. i would suggest that to some states, nuclear security is the possession of nuclear weapons. two other states, it is the protection offered by allies such as the united states, which have nuclear weapons. on the civil side, it might well be the energy security offered by civilian nuclear power plant. nuclear science has much to offer on the positive side, but it also carries considerable risk that nuclear weapons being in the wrong hands of rogue states or terrorist groups. and again on the civil side, even civil nuclear power plants carry risks of radiation accidents or theft to dangerous materials. it might appear that awkward people would think the same way on this issues, but i suspect it is not the case. i've been told that significant agreement at next week's summit will be in safeguarding nuclear materials, particularly what are known as fissile materials like plutonium and highly enriched uranium, the explosives inside atomic bombs. the particular danger is that terrorists
interesting to see how the white house six is the term to the public during next week's summit here in washington d.c. i would suggest that to some states, nuclear security is the possession of nuclear weapons. two other states, it is the protection offered by allies such as the united states, which have nuclear weapons. on the civil side, it might well be the energy security offered by civilian nuclear power plant. nuclear science has much to offer on the positive side, but it also carries...
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. >> reporter: 7-year-old artyem flew on a united airlines flight from washington, d.c. to moscow. he arrived with no parents, no guardians. just a note in english from his adoptive single mother, torry hansen of tennessee. this child is mentally unstable, it reads. he is violent and has severe psychopathic issues. i was misled by the russian orphanage regarding his mental stability. after giving my best to this child, i am returning him to your guardianship. shortly after artyem was taken to the hospital for observation. he told russian officials his american mother pulled his ahai and was abusive. back in the u.s., the state department asked a local tennessee sheriff to investigation so far, no charges have been filed. >> well, i -- i'm not sure that sending this child off was a good idea. maybe there's something there to be looked at. >> reporter: outraged russian foreign minister sure gave lavrov referred to it as the last straw and demanded that all adoptions by u.s. families be frozen. over the past few years, the practice of american families adopting russian orphans has bee
. >> reporter: 7-year-old artyem flew on a united airlines flight from washington, d.c. to moscow. he arrived with no parents, no guardians. just a note in english from his adoptive single mother, torry hansen of tennessee. this child is mentally unstable, it reads. he is violent and has severe psychopathic issues. i was misled by the russian orphanage regarding his mental stability. after giving my best to this child, i am returning him to your guardianship. shortly after artyem was...
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. >>> leaders from nearly 50 nations are in washington to discuss how to prevent nuclear weapons from getti inting into hands of terrorists. president obama is hosting the summit, the first to focus exclusively on the threat of unsecured nuclear materials. he is holding a meeting every hour leading up to a big welcoming ceremony this evening, but two leaders not invited. iran and north korea. we'll take an in-depth look at the conference and what leaders expect to aclompish in our second half hour. >>> russian investigators say there were no technical problems with the plane that crashed in heavy fog. officials are trying to learn more about what caused that plane to go down, killing president lech kaczynski and others. coming up, we'll have a live report from warsaw. >>> and developing now, the vatican making it clear that bishops and other high-ranking church officials should report incidents of priest sex abuse to police. dawna friesen is covering the story from london. is this new or not? they're saying that this has been policy. >> that's right. well, and it seems like something
. >>> leaders from nearly 50 nations are in washington to discuss how to prevent nuclear weapons from getti inting into hands of terrorists. president obama is hosting the summit, the first to focus exclusively on the threat of unsecured nuclear materials. he is holding a meeting every hour leading up to a big welcoming ceremony this evening, but two leaders not invited. iran and north korea. we'll take an in-depth look at the conference and what leaders expect to aclompish in our...
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in washington. we'll see how that's working out. tough time for the catholic church prompts an unusual counterpunch to the old gray lady. when you have a drug or alcohol problem, your world stops making sense. you can get help for yourself and make sense of life again. for information, tdd: 800-487-4889. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. >> chris: china is refusing to confirm it's dropped the opposition to new sanctions against iran. china's foreign minister met today in beijing with iran's top nuclear negotiator. u.s. officials say the chinese have agreed to discuss a u.n. security council resolution on sanctions. the head of the drug enforcement administration says opium says sures in -- seizures in afghanistan soared last year because of better cooperation between afghan and international forces. also today, afghan president hamid karzai blamed officials from the u.n. and the european union for wide-spread fraud and last year's presidential election. the catholic
in washington. we'll see how that's working out. tough time for the catholic church prompts an unusual counterpunch to the old gray lady. when you have a drug or alcohol problem, your world stops making sense. you can get help for yourself and make sense of life again. for information, tdd: 800-487-4889. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services. >> chris: china is refusing to confirm it's dropped the opposition to new sanctions against iran. china's foreign...
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i'm katie couric in washington. also tonight, an exclusive interview with the president of france about another nuclear issue. how concerned are you, mr. president, about a potential israeli military strike against an iranian nuclear facility? they're not waiting for the vatican. what some american churches are doing to protect children from sexual abuse. and a few good men in need of a few good families in steve hartman's "assignment america." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it's the largest gathering of world leaders the united states dos hosted in 65 years.
i'm katie couric in washington. also tonight, an exclusive interview with the president of france about another nuclear issue. how concerned are you, mr. president, about a potential israeli military strike against an iranian nuclear facility? they're not waiting for the vatican. what some american churches are doing to protect children from sexual abuse. and a few good men in need of a few good families in steve hartman's "assignment america." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs...
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i spent a lot of time talking to people in washington. i live in washington and i spent a lot of time talking to come you know, people in and around the officials, politicians, their staff and obviously the attitudes have begun to change. this is not ever say that although people think it is not what it was before september 2008 but is still the case that an amazing number of people think finances good, unregulated finances better completely unfettered megabanks are the best. this idea is wrong. this idea is dangerous. this idea must he stopped. how are we going to do it? while the biggest things have to become smaller. you know, people say to me, well simon, there's a lot going on. it's very complicated coming up, size doesn't matter. into which i respond really? citigroup, when it failed, and serving into liquid of the difficulties. i always forget. in fall 2008, was a $2.5 trillion think it does include the off-balance sheet liabilities had to bring back on the balance sheet, 2.5 trillion. i may ask you this, if citibank identified joi
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the unknown factor is not what washington wants. i think washington has made their decision. that the risks and the costs of an attack on iran are too high. and the reason it's too high is not because it is not militarily executable, and i think it would be put back like a bit more, but because the iranian response will be threefold, unleashing hezbollah, de- stabilizing iraq, they are raising high, here we are. and mining the straits of hormuz, and when they mine the straits of hormuz, we have done a very careful caregivers of the cost of oil and it comes out at lots. when the united states takes a look at what iran has, it's a no-brainer. let it go. when israel takes a look at the same equation, they come up with a much more complex and difficult answer. in this particular case, israel does not have the military capability of taking out israeli nuclear weapons. ask an israeli. the route is israeli air force can't conduct a multi-we campaign. they can however launch nuclear weapons. the threat of israel launching nuclear weapons will push the united states into an impossible
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what happens in washington? what happens on the national security council? >> i don't think much happens. certainly we are accustomed to bluster from ahmadinejad. i think that it would be a mistake to dismiss it as bluster. there is a grain of truth to what he says. if iran sees sanctions coming and doesn't think the sanctions will be strong or do much to inflict pain on iran there is a sense in which they embolden iran and cause them to believe they are not going to pay a price for what they've done. >> china seems to be the key to all of this. they have that veto on the u.n. security council. what kind of sanctions do you think the chinese would be willing to go along with? >> so far the chinese have not indicated they are willing to go along with any sanctions. they've said they will discuss sanctions which is a breakthrough. before what we saw with china in previous negotiations was that china was interested in diluting the sanctionswj as much as they could especially when harm or impact china's economic interests. i think we would see more of that now.
what happens in washington? what happens on the national security council? >> i don't think much happens. certainly we are accustomed to bluster from ahmadinejad. i think that it would be a mistake to dismiss it as bluster. there is a grain of truth to what he says. if iran sees sanctions coming and doesn't think the sanctions will be strong or do much to inflict pain on iran there is a sense in which they embolden iran and cause them to believe they are not going to pay a price for what...
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. >>> world leaders sit down in washington today to talk about how to keep nuclear arms out of the hands of terrorists, catherine brown reports for wjz with the latest from the white house. >>> president obama summoned world leaders to washington to try to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands, ahead of the nuclear summit official start the president and vice president had a jam-packed day. vice president biden hosted some of the 46 foreign leaders for lunch. >> controlling all nuclear materials that can produce a bomb is in the interest of every one of us gathered around this table and everyone in the world. >> reporter: president obama held one-on-one talks with his counterparts, including chinese president hu jintao. he wants both china and russia to support tougher sanctions, neither iran nor north korea got invitation to the summit. the u.s. charges both countries with violating the nuclear proliferation agreement. the u.s. isn't promising a bold new strategy before it wraps up tuesday night but the president says he feels good about what he is hearing. today the ukraine commi
. >>> world leaders sit down in washington today to talk about how to keep nuclear arms out of the hands of terrorists, catherine brown reports for wjz with the latest from the white house. >>> president obama summoned world leaders to washington to try to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands, ahead of the nuclear summit official start the president and vice president had a jam-packed day. vice president biden hosted some of the 46 foreign leaders for lunch. >>...
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the "washington post" led the way with four awards. the "herald courier" of bristol, virginia, with only seven reporters, took the public service prize for stories on mismanaged natural gas royalties. and "pro publica" shared an award for investigative reporting, a first for an online-only news organization. among the arts winners, the drama prize went to "next to normal," a musical about a mentally ill woman and her family. and liaquat ahamed won the history prize for "lords of finance: the bankers who broke the world," about the run-up to the great depression. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. for now, back to jim. >> lehrer: now, poland's great national tragedy. ray suarez has that story. >> suarez: signs of mourning were everywhere today in warsaw, two days after president lech kaczynski was killed in a plane crash along with dozens of other high- ranking polish officials. >> the people are sad. nobody is happy. we
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none of the founding fathers would have said that george washington -- he would have said washington did not owe part of his income for the toddler to live better than he earned. i just want to close of one last personal comment, because i really thrilled to be here. we have every reason to be optimistic and believe that the american people overwhelmingly preferred have a return to classic america of courage in the belief rather than a secularists -- a secular socialist machine. what i want to say you and i want you to go back and say every person you meet, i got actively involved -- my dad was a personal trainer. we watched the death of the french force republic under the algerian war, 100% inflation, and the paratroopers literally landed in paris and killed the fourth republic. the young kid from pennsylvania that spent time at fort riley, this is all amazing. at between my freshman and sophomore years in high school, i decided this was all real. countries can die. countries can have terrible events. our ability -- what do we have to do to be safe, free, and prosperous? how do we e
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it was originally scheduled for prior to the chip to washington -- the trip to washington. president karzai rearranged it for after the trip. it is preceded with talks from our government. that is may 20. that will run approximately three days. the then, the next event on the agenda is the couple conference that is scheduled for july 20, about 13 weeks from now. that will be hosted by the government of that afghanistan -- of afghanistan. it will include an international portion. other internationals will becoming as well. that is an important conference, obviously. details would be extrapolated from the previous two, but it will be an affirmation of international support for the government and -- and it will be followed by a meeting on january 28. >> is that supposed to be the foreign ministers meeting around the end of may? >> that is exactly right. it was originally scheduled for late may by one we can have three conferences in may. two zero is more than enough. it was put of after discussions with president karzai, his own government and the international community, incl
it was originally scheduled for prior to the chip to washington -- the trip to washington. president karzai rearranged it for after the trip. it is preceded with talks from our government. that is may 20. that will run approximately three days. the then, the next event on the agenda is the couple conference that is scheduled for july 20, about 13 weeks from now. that will be hosted by the government of that afghanistan -- of afghanistan. it will include an international portion. other...
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i live in washington, d.c. dared -- washington, d.c. my rent is over $1,000 a month and might unemployment is a little over $300 a week. you do the math. host: what kind of jobs are you interviewing for? what is out there? caller: the jobs that are out there -- don't get me wrong, there are jobs out there. the jobs that are out there are minimum-wage jobs and you are not going to do it in washington, d.c., and minimum wage, especially at the time taxes come out unless you are living at home with your parents. i am 62 years old. 62. host: ok. can you retire and collect social security and medicare? caller: i am an independent worker. so, retirement is not in the cards for may. host: what did you do before you lost your job? caller: i am in the convention business. host: i think we lost harold. we will move on to frank on the republican line from new jersey. caller: great show today. what "the wall street journal" has written is true, but it isn't true. but i would go on and like to elaborate. the federal government helped create this mon
i live in washington, d.c. dared -- washington, d.c. my rent is over $1,000 a month and might unemployment is a little over $300 a week. you do the math. host: what kind of jobs are you interviewing for? what is out there? caller: the jobs that are out there -- don't get me wrong, there are jobs out there. the jobs that are out there are minimum-wage jobs and you are not going to do it in washington, d.c., and minimum wage, especially at the time taxes come out unless you are living at home...
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with us from washington is eleanor clift for "newsweek" magazine. also the staff writer for "roll call." good morning again, ladies. >> good morning, alex. >> morning, alex. >> emily, the president has not been shy about tackling these issues. is this out of necessity or perhaps is it a reflection of obama's personality? >> i think it's a little bit of both. when it comes to things like nuclear arms proliferation it's not something you can just wait until there is a convenient political time to work on an issue like this. i think the president and his advisers think that a nuclear arms represents, especially in the hands of terrorist who is would like to do our country harm, some of the biggest threats we face as a nation. i think the president feels that's not just something you can wait until it's easy or convenient to start working on. obviously other things are more in his control -- health care, for example, although that's, again, not exactly in his control. he still has to work on it once it's passed. now he has to work on selling it. there a
with us from washington is eleanor clift for "newsweek" magazine. also the staff writer for "roll call." good morning again, ladies. >> good morning, alex. >> morning, alex. >> emily, the president has not been shy about tackling these issues. is this out of necessity or perhaps is it a reflection of obama's personality? >> i think it's a little bit of both. when it comes to things like nuclear arms proliferation it's not something you can just wait...
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"washington journal" is live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> this weekend on c-span 2's book tv. on afterwards, n.p.r. foreign correspondent deborah amos on what's happening to the sunnis following the fall of saddam hussein. her book is field notes on democracy and ralph peters looks at u.s. foreign policy in his latest collection of articles "endless war." follow the schedule on booktv.org and follow us on twitter. >> more on the russia nukes agreement with the group global zero. we'll hear from richard burt. other speakers include former c.i.a. agent valerie blame. -- pmp lame. this is about an hour. >> we're going to start right now. i'll make a formal statement, which is i really like the individual who is responsible for arranging the seating on this panel. it is really well-positioned. i won't say any more than that. i would like to introduce our large panel this morning. i'm going to begin on my extreme right where we have mr. rick patel. the co-founder and executive director of abaz.org and he is working clos
"washington journal" is live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> this weekend on c-span 2's book tv. on afterwards, n.p.r. foreign correspondent deborah amos on what's happening to the sunnis following the fall of saddam hussein. her book is field notes on democracy and ralph peters looks at u.s. foreign policy in his latest collection of articles "endless war." follow the schedule on booktv.org and follow us on twitter. >> more on the russia nukes...
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. >> "washington journal" continues. host: familiar face back with the "washington journal." we will start with the tea party and your april 2 column. among the things you write is democrats cannot capture the elections without capturing the moment of independent minded the swing voters. tell us more, please. guest: if you look at the numbers this morning, they're pretty overwhelming. at the end of the bush administration it was close to 80%. no it is close to 60% off track. we are at 4 in afghanistan and iraq. the we have gone through a recession. -- we are at war in afghanistan and iraq. we've gone through a recession. but it is not just that. if you look at the numbers in terms of the people losing their discontent with congress, it is very high, both republicans and democrats. the percentage of people that say they do not want to see most members of congress reelected, the number of people that say the government has become too big and is a threat to my personal liberty, again, well over 50% of the country. all of those concerns are reflected in the tea party mantra. if y
. >> "washington journal" continues. host: familiar face back with the "washington journal." we will start with the tea party and your april 2 column. among the things you write is democrats cannot capture the elections without capturing the moment of independent minded the swing voters. tell us more, please. guest: if you look at the numbers this morning, they're pretty overwhelming. at the end of the bush administration it was close to 80%. no it is close to 60% off...
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we're live in washington. and ron paul, a darling of that tea party movement but a stunning new poll shows he may be a whole lot more popular than you think. he is our guest today. it all starts now on "america live". megyn: first up, president obama is about to face the music at kennedy space center. the president is expected to touch down in florida about 30 minutes from right now. set to announce a $6 billion increase in nasa's budget over the next five years. that is money the white house says will bring thousands of new jobs to florida's so-called space coast and expand the range of space destinations so what is the problem? his plan also essentially eliminates manned space travel among other things. virt wally every astronaut to weigh in on that plan condemned it in very harsh language including neil armstrong the first man to walk on the moon. we have brian wilson at kennedy space center. what kind of crowd will president obama face today? >> reporter: it will be a skeptical crowd. this crowd cares deep
we're live in washington. and ron paul, a darling of that tea party movement but a stunning new poll shows he may be a whole lot more popular than you think. he is our guest today. it all starts now on "america live". megyn: first up, president obama is about to face the music at kennedy space center. the president is expected to touch down in florida about 30 minutes from right now. set to announce a $6 billion increase in nasa's budget over the next five years. that is money the...
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he has said i run a machine, i own washington and there's nothing you can do about it. >> i mean, to say that he's the most radical president of the united states. >> incredible. it's really incredible and henry louis gates is quoted as saying the most radical thing about barack obama is the fact that he's african-american and president of the united states. he is a center left president and a lot of his policies are straight in the tradition of center left democrat. look at health care itself. look at his judicial appointees, sonya sotomayor and elena kagan, somebody not on the left wing of the democratic party and foreign policy choices are hardly far left either. i mean, this comes out of the propaganda campaign leveled against him having to do with bill ayers and jeer myy wright sdmrflt why has his style of speaking changed so much? during the campaign, you know, there were those who supported him felt he had this -- talked about the fierce urgency of now and was such a great speech maker even those who didn't like him thought he was a great communicator. his speeches in office h
he has said i run a machine, i own washington and there's nothing you can do about it. >> i mean, to say that he's the most radical president of the united states. >> incredible. it's really incredible and henry louis gates is quoted as saying the most radical thing about barack obama is the fact that he's african-american and president of the united states. he is a center left president and a lot of his policies are straight in the tradition of center left democrat. look at health...